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Though a special called meeting of the Newton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) was cancelled. a local militia group announced it will continue with a planned protest outside the Historic Courthouse Tuesday night.

It wasn't that he and some of his officers have been invited three times to train the Republic of Georgia's police in response to domestic violence and active shooter incidents that made Covington Police Chief Stacey Cotton proud.

The Pilot Club of Covington presented Sheriff Ezell Brown with a $700 donation for Project LifeSaver, according to a press release by the Newton County Sheriff's Office (NCSO). Present Pilot members included Jane Woodward, Ann Cargile and Cathy Allen.